There are eight matches this weekend in the Spanish top flight, as a result of the Supercopa. Villarreal are hoping to take advantage of their rivals not playing by making up ground at the top, while there are a host of important matches at the bottom.
Here are our LaLiga predicted lineups for matchday 19. All kick-off times are based on the local time in Spain. Players in bold are those considered to have the highest chance of starting (80% or more).
LaLiga predicted lineups – Matchday 19

Friday 9th January 2026
21:00 – Getafe vs Real Sociedad
Getafe predicted lineup
Soria – Nyom, Rico, Neyou, Iglesias, Femenia – Martin, Arambarri, Milla – Liso, Juanmi (5-3-2)
Real Sociedad predicted lineup
Remiro – Gomez, Martin, Caleta-Car, Aramburu – Soler, Gorrotxategi – Guedes, B. Mendez, Kubo – Oyarzabal (4-2-3-1)

Saturday 10th January 2026
14:00 – Real Oviedo vs Real Betis
Real Oviedo predicted lineup
Escandell – Alhassane, Carmo, Calvo, Ahijado – Colombatto, Sibo – Chaira, Reina, Brekalo – Fores (4-2-3-1)
Real Betis predicted lineup
Valles – Firpo, Natan, Bartra, Bellerin – Roca, Fornals – Ruibal, Lo Celso, Antony – C. Hernandez (4-2-3-1)
16:15 – Villarreal vs Alaves
Villarreal predicted lineup
Junior – Pedraza, Marin, Foyth, Mouriño – Moleiro, Comesaña, Parejo, Pepe – A. Perez, Mikautadze (4-4-2)
Alaves predicted lineup
Sivera – Parada, Pacheco, Tenaglia, Jonny – Guevara, Blanco – Rebbach, Ibañez, Vicente – T. Martinez (4-2-3-1)
18:30 – Girona vs Osasuna
Girona predicted lineup
Gazzaniga – Moreno, Blind, Reis, Martinez – Martin, Witsel, Lemar – Gil, Vanat, Tsygankov (4-3-3)
Osasuna predicted lineup
Herrera – Galan, Catena, Herrando, Rosier – Moncayola, Torro – Ruben Garcia, Oroz, Muñoz – Budimir (4-2-3-1)
21:00 – Valencia vs Elche
Valencia predicted lineup
Dimitrievski – Gaya, Copete, Tarrega, Foulquier – D. Lopez, Pepelu, Ugrinic, Rioja – Danjuma, Sadiq (4-4-2)
Elche predicted lineup
Peña – Bigas, Affengruber, Chust – Valera, Febas, Aguado, Neto, Nuñez – Diangana, A. Rodriguez (3-5-2)

Sunday 11th January 2026
14:00 – Rayo Vallecano vs Mallorca
Rayo Vallecano predicted lineup
Batalla – Chavarria, Mendy, Lejeune, Ratiu – Valentin, U. Lopez – A. Garcia, Palazon, De Frutos – Camello (4-2-3-1)
Mallorca predicted lineup
Roman – Mojica, Kumbulla, Valjent, Maffeo – S. Costa, Mascarell – Virgili, Darder, Joseph – Muriqi (4-2-3-1)
16:15 – Levante vs Espanyol
Levante predicted lineup
Ryan – Pampin, Moreno, De la Fuente, Toljan – P. Martinez, Arriaga – Losada, C. Alvarez, Tunde – Romero (4-2-3-1)
Espanyol predicted lineup
Dmitrovic – Romero, Cabrera, Calero, El Hilali – Exposito, Gonzalez de Zarate – Jofre, Milla, Dolan – K. Garcia (4-2-3-1)
Monday 12th January 2026
21:00 – Sevilla vs Celta Vigo
Sevilla predicted lineup
Vlachodimos – Salas, Nianzou, Carmona – Oso, Agoume, Mendy, Sow, Juanlu – Alexis, Romero (3-5-2)
Celta Vigo predicted lineup
Radu – Alonso, Starfelt, J. Rodriguez – Mingueza, Moriba, Roman, Carreira – Zaragoza, Swedberg – Iglesias (3-4-2-1)
Mark Sochon is an experienced football writer and has been the editor of LaLigaExpert.com since 2018. Based in Madrid, he has been covering La Liga and Spanish football for more than a decade. Aside from writing most of the content here, he also covers La Liga and European competitions for Goal and Betfred, while his work has previously been published by the likes of the Guardian and World Soccer.
During his time in Spain, he has travelled up and down the country, attending matches in virtually every top-flight stadium. His areas of expertise include data-led match predictions and probability analysis, as well as Spanish football team news, with La Liga predicted lineups researched and published each week. | Follow Mark Sochon on X